The writing in this piece is a bit over-wrought (funnily enough, I don't mind that so much now that it makes me think it was written by a real person and not an AI), but it's still worth reading.<p>Donating blood marrow (or stem cells) is the easiest way you could ever save a life. I encourage everyone to sign up:<p>US - <a href="https://www.nmdp.org/get-involved/join-the-registry" rel="nofollow">https://www.nmdp.org/get-involved/join-the-registry</a><p>UK - <a href="https://www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-life/join-stem-cell-register" rel="nofollow">https://www.anthonynolan.org/help-save-a-life/join-stem-cell...</a><p>This story involved stem cells, but for those of you who might worry about the bone marrow extraction procedure, which is reputed to be painful, I've had one - a biopsy for a medical diagnosis, not (alas) a donation - and it's not so bad. A bit uncomfortable, but I'd choose one any time over (say) stubbing my toe. It's really nothing to worry about.
I donated bone marrow about 10 years ago. It was an exhausting process, though no worse than dealing with a bad cold. After about two years (if I remember correctly), we exchanged details through the organization that facilitates these donations. However, the recipient never reached out to me. Out of curiosity, I googled the person and discovered this person was apparently a neo-nazi (at least very very right leaning) from East Germany.
One of my coworkers recently shared her personal experience with stem cell donation and I thought it was worth highlighting. It's a great read and may even inspire you to consider donation yourself. You can read it here: <a href="https://www.pearlleff.com/stem-cell-donation" rel="nofollow">https://www.pearlleff.com/stem-cell-donation</a>
Looks like a kind of make up story. Or Christmas feel good usual CNN bullshit.<p>So it is just a friend that met another friend in an airport stopover. Nothing heal related to this encounter. Nothing urgent. And they know each other for years and met also...
It's a cool story and all but did he really need to stop her plane leaving on time and rush over the airport to meet up with her? I mean, they'd met, she was on his frequent flyers account, probably could have just send an email "hey, we were passing by just the other day and I thought of you, want to catch up?" Does she otherwise have to worry that every time she flies someone will stop her travel to recount the story yet again to a bunch of strangers?